Stamford warming centers open for frigid weekend

Updated 4:38 pm, Friday, November 10, 2017

STAMFORD — City officials have reopened warming centers for anyone who needs to warm up through the unseasonably frigid weekend.

“The City of Stamford will do all that it can to ensure that its most vulnerable residents have a place to stay warm and safe,” Mayor David Martin said in a press statement. “We are proud to be partnering with community agencies to provide warming centers for residents, and for the fourth year in a row, the City of Stamford is providing an overnight warming center in partnership with Inspirica. I urge all residents to be safe during this severe weather.”

Colder than normal temperatures and wind chills are projected through Sunday with temperatures expected to fall into the lower 20s and possibly the lower teens.

Ted Jankowski, the city’s Director of Public Safety, Health & Welfare, urged everyone to take precautions and stay out of the cold weather during these extreme cold conditions, “We have made arrangements with City and community facilities to ensure that there is designated refuge from the cold and we encourage residents to use these resources,” he said in a statement.

The following warming centers are open for the times and locations listed today through Sunday: